''Symphoromyia'' (meaning bane/blight fly in
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
) is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
predatory
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...
snipe flies
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies.
They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe.
Description
Rhagionidae are medium-sized to large flies with slender bodies a ...
. Unusually for Rhagionids, some species of ''Symphoromyia'' are known to feed on
mammal blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the cir ...
, including human blood. ''Symphoromyia'' species are stout bodied flies from 4.5 to 9 mm and with a black, grey or gold
thorax
The thorax or chest is a part of the anatomy of humans, mammals, and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main divisions of the cre ...
, and the
abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates. The abdomen is the front part of the abdominal segment of the to ...
is coloured grey, black, or both black and yellow, black terminating with yellow, to completely yellow. The wings are
hyaline or lightly
infuscate.
Species
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Symphoromyia algens''
Leonard, 1931
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Symphoromyia atripes''
Bigot
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, 1887
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Symphoromyia barbata''
Aldrich, 1915
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Symphoromyia cervivora''
Turner & Chillcott, 1973
*''
Symphoromyia cinerea''
Johnson
Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a ...
, 1903
*''
Symphoromyia clerci''
Ngô-Muller & Nel, 2020
*''
Symphoromyia crassicornis''
(Panzer
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, 1808)
*''
Symphoromyia cruenta''
Coquillett, 1894
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Symphoromyia currani''
Leonard, 1931
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Symphoromyia evecta''
(Meunier, 1910)
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Symphoromyia examinata''
(Meunier, 1910)
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Symphoromyia exigua''
(Meunier, 1910)
*''
Symphoromyia fulvipes''
Bigot
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, rel ...
, 1887
*''
Symphoromyia hirta''
Johnson
Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a ...
, 1897
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Symphoromyia immaculata''
( Meigen, 1804)
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Symphoromyia inconspicua''
Turner & Chillcott, 1973
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Symphoromyia incorrupta''
Yang, Yang & Nagatomi, 1997
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Symphoromyia inquisitor''
Aldrich, 1915
*''
Symphoromyia johnsoni''
Coquillett, 1894
*''
Symphoromyia kincaidi''
Aldrich, 1915
*''
Symphoromyia limata''
Coquillett, 1894
*''
Symphoromyia liupanshana''
Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016
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Symphoromyia marginata''
Théobald, 1937
*''
Symphoromyia melaena''
( Meigen, 1820)
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Symphoromyia montana''
Aldrich, 1915
*''
Symphoromyia nana''
Turner & Chillcott, 1973
*''
Symphoromyia nigripilosa''
Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016
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Symphoromyia pachyceras''
Williston, 1886
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Symphoromyia pallipilosa''
Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016
*''
Symphoromyia pilosa''
Aldrich, 1915
*''
Symphoromyia plagens''
Williston, 1886
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Symphoromyia pleuralis''
Curran, 1930
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Symphoromyia plumbea''
Aldrich, 1915
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Symphoromyia pullata''
Coquillett, 1894
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Symphoromyia sackeni''
Aldrich, 1915
*''
Symphoromyia securifera''
Coquillett, 1904
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Symphoromyia sinensis''
Yang & Yang, 1997
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Symphoromyia spitzeri''
Chvála, 1983
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Symphoromyia subtrita''
Cockerell, 1911
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Symphoromyia succini''
Paramonov, 1938
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Symphoromyia tertiarica''
Paramonov, 1938
*''
Symphoromyia trivittata''
Bigot
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, rel ...
, 1887
*''
Symphoromyia trucis''
Coquillett, 1894
*''
Symphoromyia truncata''
Turner, 1973
*''
Symphoromyia varicornis''
( Loew, 1872)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7661707
Rhagionidae
Brachycera genera
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Europe
Taxa named by Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld